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8/23/08 - Dorm PRIDE!
9:00 am-3:00 pm,
Jazzman's Coffee House
Welcome all freshmen and transfer students! Meet with other Kent
students and talk about living in the dorms as a lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, or ally. Get a chance to
ask questions and get advice from students who have gone through it
all.
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8/24/08 - Blastoff
5:00-8:30 pm, Fireworks to follow.
Kent State students will have the opportunity to meet with local
clubs and groups (including PRIDE! Kent) in the annual Blastoff
event. Live bands and other entertainment were provided to the
students for free.
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8/28/08 - First PRIDE!
Meeting of the Year
8:00-9:00 pm, Student Center 317
Come meet new students, catch up with old ones, and check out PRIDE!
at our first meeting of the year.
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9/4/08 - Coming Out
Discussions
Weekly Meeting - PRIDE! Kent members are encouraged to share their
stories in a safe and welcoming environment. If you have already
come out, here is your chance to help those who are still not so
sure yet.
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9/7/08 - Sunday Scavenger Hunt
1:00-4:00 pm, PRIDE! Kent Office
We know that not everyone goes home on the weekends and we
want to give those who stay behind a chance to have a good time with
other members of PRIDE! Kent. This is also a great time for first
year students to learn about the campus with other students, not to
mention a great chance to win some PRIZES! Teams will be formed at
arrival so no need to choose your team ahead of time.
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9/11/08 - Guest Speaker
Presentation
Weekly Meeting -
Guest speaker from the
LGBT Community Center of Greater
Cleveland
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9/18/08 - Art Auction
5:30 - 8:00 pm, Student Center
Multicultural Center
All profits to benefit
PRIDE! Kent and the LGBT Community
Center of Greater Cleveland. Some and bid on
original pieces of art, handmade jewelry, and more by the Kent State
students and community members.
Music, refreshments, 50/50 raffle, and more!
*PRIDE! Kent Weekly Meeting to Follow at 8:00
pm** We are going to talk about the Queer Camping trip this weekend
so if you are planning on camping , you MUST attend or contact us!
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9/20/08 - Queer Camping!
We will be going to Nelson Ledges
Quarry Park to spend the night and have a great time! Please
RSVP to pridekent@yahoo.com.
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9/25/08 - Gay Candyland
Weekly Meeting - Show what you know about LGBT history, pop culture,
and other interesting and important information in this oversized
LGBT themed Candyland board game!
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10/2/08
- Bi-ology 101
Weekly Meeting - Learn about the
B in LGBT. Tonight will be a great presentation
for everyone to learn a little more about our bisexual friends, the
"bridge" and those who stay on it forever.
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10/6/08-10/10/08 - Coming Out Week
National Coming Out Day is 10/11/08
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Monday, 10/6/08, 9:45pm-11pm - Queers on Ice.
Kick off Coming Out Week with PRIDE! Kent at the
Kent State Ice Arena
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Tuesday, 10/7/08, 6:pm-9:pm KSC 313- Movie
Marathon - Before & After Stonewall.
Before Stonewall
is a documentary that uses extensive archival film, movie clips
and personal recollections to construct an audiovisual history
of the gay community before the Stonewall riots.
After Stonewall
is a documentary/historical retrospective of the Gay Rights
movement from the 1969 Stonewall riots to 1999.
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Wednesday, 10/8/08, 7:pm KSC 313 - Emmanuel Fellowship Church Presentation.
The Emmanuel Fellowship
Church is an Akron LGBT friendly church will give a
presentation about homosexuality and Christianity, illustrating some
of the mistranslations and misinterpretations that have been used by
the religious right to condemn homosexuality. Join in our discussion
and bring your questions with you.
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Thursday, 10/9/08 - Weekly Meeting,
Speaking Out about Being Out. Students will talk about
coming out and how it affects their lives on and off campus.
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Friday, 10/10/08 - No events offered, have a
great weekend! Kat and friends are going to be making a
non-PRIDE! sponsored trip to
The Interbelt Nite
Club,
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http://www.interbelt.com/Index.htm
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10/12/08 - Sunday AIDS Quilting
Sunday morning/afternoon, outside the PRIDE! Kent office
at 12:noon. Come spend time with your PRIDE! Friends and
put your sewing skills (or lack thereof) to work on the PRIDE! Kent
AIDS Memorial Quilt.
FREE JAZZMAN'S COFFEE AND SNACKS FOR ALL WHO HELP
OUT!
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"Founded in 1987, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is
a poignant memorial, a powerful tool for use in preventing new
HIV infections, and the largest ongoing community arts project
in the world." from the AIDS
Memorial Quilt Website.
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10/12/08 - Matthew Shepard 10th
Anniversary Memorial
Sunday evening there
will be a memorial service to remember
Matthew Shepard on the
10th anniversary of his murder. Meet at Risman Plaza for a candle
light vigil. There will be passages of
"The Laramie Project" read as well as others.
